.~ Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and means for adjusting girth
DEFINITION
Classification: 24/484
Encircling gripping member including semirigid band and means for adjusting girth:
(under subclass 455) Clasp* or support-clamp* wherein the gripping member is completely wrapped around the
structure-to-be-secured* or a portion thereof and includes a semirigid* strap which at least partially encircles the structure-to-be-secured* and is provided with means permitting its length to be increased or decreased to engage different sizes or amount of structure-to-be-secured*.
(1) Note. The semirigid* strap may be a chain which is not flaccid in all directions.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
16+, and the line notes thereunder, for similar art devices for bundling bales, packages, or clamping hoses or the like.
68+, and 483, for strap tighteners, per se, which also have an adjustable girth.
115+, for a cord or rope engaging fastener which is a component of a clasp* and holds one portion of a cord or rope relative to another portion of a cord or rope where the cord or rope has another principal function (i.e., it is the structure-to-be-secured* since it has principle utility outside this class).
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 269, Work Holders, particular
130+, for a work holder using a constrictable loop to grip an object which is being worked upon.
